74. Sam Rainima – What Makes A Disciple?

Today we had Sam Rainima join the podcast for a second time. He is a minister and evangelist with the UPCA. If you’re interested in Sam’s back story, please check it out on Episode 47 where we talked about his amazing story. In this episode, we continued our discussion about discipleship focussing the conversation on ‘What makes […]

The Struggle is Real

Every once in a while I like to write about the topic of discipleship. I don’t do it to badger or belittle anyone, but I simply do it as a reminder to all of us of what it really means to be a Christian. Sometimes it’s easy to get lost in the production and lights, […]

6. Assimilation and Discipleship – Church Systems E3

This is the third episode in our series of short episodes on Church Systems. It is all about the Assimilation and Discipleship System – how we take people from their first visit to being fully developing members of our church. I reference the book Fusion by Nelson Searcy. You can find it here – https://amzn.to/3jTOmr5

Assimilation and Discipleship

Over the past few weeks we have been making our way through a series on Church Systems. Last week, we covered the Sunday Service and Evangelism. Today we will be looking at my personal favourite system, and the one I probably have the most experience in, the Assimilation and Discipleship System. Assimilation/Discipleship System This is […]

The Cross of Discipleship

The word “Christian” seems to have less and less value these days. The reality is that anyone can call themselves a Christian, but true Christianity is not a title. It is a lifestyle. I am not a Christian on Sunday, and just a customer service rep the rest of the week. Unlike my job title, […]

ACTS

As most of you who follow this blog know, I work for The Pentecostals of Sydney as the Church Administrator. This is a role I have been in for over 10 years now – hello long service leave! For years we did not have a church management system but operated via email/text message using spreadsheets […]